Stewart Downing was man-of-the-match

Yes, Stewart Downing. Situated out wide, Downing put in his best performance in a Liverpool shirt up to that point, terrorising the full back and putting in some quality balls. A nerveless penalty in the shoot-out confirmed the Alan Hardaker trophy would be handed to the £20m man.

Kuyt was a supersub

The Dutchman's strike in extra time seemed to seal the cup for the Reds before Ben Turner scored for Cardiff with two minutes remaining. Still, Kuyt's intervention came just five minutes after his arrival on to the pitch.

… And then he cleared one off the line

His role of supersub was confirmed towards the end of the game, clearing a shot off the line. However, from the resulting corner, Turner sent it to penalties.

Carragher didn't start

One of the defining images of the afternoon was of the captain and vice-captain, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher, holding the cup aloft. Carragher even brought his son, James, up the steps for the presentation. But the defender was not even part of the starting line-up, coming on in the second half for the injured Daniel Agger.

Liverpool missed their first two penalties

Everyone remembers Charlie Adam's spot kick, still orbiting around the moon, but Gerrard also missed to open the shoot-out. Kenny Miller also missed to open for Cardiff, but Don Cowie gave the Bluebirds the lead after two apiece.

Reina never made a shoot-out save

Liverpool won 3-2 on penalties, but Pepe Reina did not dirty his gloves once. Miller and Gestede hit the woodwork before Anthony Gerrard – cousin of Steven, as you no doubt remember – scuffed wide.